Paul Brennan

Highlights from RNZ National's programmes for the week ending Friday 27 May. This week... two high profile journalism leaders announce they're going into business together, we hear from the author of… Audio

operation A review of the week's news including... comment and analysis following this week's budget, the Government's cash injection offer to help people pack up and move out of Auckland, why are… Audio

A review of the week's news including... Those dealing with Auckland's most needy say the Government's efforts to deal with the city's housing crisis are failing, the Government warns it could step in… Audio

Pilot says Lake Pukaki foreshore is being seriously damaged by tourists; we take a dumpster dive into the world of waste cooking;and in Dateline Pacific, Samoa warned about 'dangerous' constitution… Audio

A new doping crackdown refocuses the spotlight on Russian athletes. Will ten dollar tickets lure people back to movie theatres? TED head Chris Anderson on how to handle fear of public speaking. In… Audio

Academic Yassamine Mather is a long-time Iranian Marxist and a former activist in the Fedayeen. We'll ask her what was it like to experience the revolution in 1979, and her take on the current… Audio

A review of the week's news including... the Panama Papers, the Prime Minister is kicked out of the House for the first time ever, four teenage suicides within 13 months in the Hastings suburb of… Audio

Highlights from RNZ National's programmes for the week ending Friday 6 May. This week... Kim Hill with a British novelist who's latest book is a "cover version" of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale… Audio

A review of the week's news including... Pharmac announces this week it will be funding an immunotherapy drug for patients with advanced melanoma and we hear the reaction from a Melanoma sufferer, why… Audio

Details have emerged of a gang brawl inside a District Court, New Zealanders are among those fleeing from the Canadian wildfires, and an air strike on a Syrian refugee camp could amount to a war… Audio

Every major sports league now relies on replays and reviews. These take time, leaving spectators restless. Is it better to review many plays and make games go slower, or maybe let a mistake go and… Audio

What will the road to the American election hold, now that Trump is almost certain to be the Republican nomination? How did the Endeavour end up scuttled in a harbour near Rhode Island? - we'll hear… Audio

Played in stadiums and arenas in front of a huge live audience, with millions watching online at home. It's not the superbowl but team-based video gaming. GamePlanet reviewer Andrew Todd attended a… Audio

Working on the ground in Vietnam, Michael Brosowski's organisation Blue Dragon Children's Foundation has rescued 525 trafficked children, sent 4,046 kids back to school, and played over 2,000 games of… Audio

What the world is talking about with Jim Mora and Julie Moffett. Audio

Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law University of Otago and Co-Director of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga NZ's Maori Centre of Research Excellence. Today she will talk about the ownership of water. Audio

Is it time to change NZ Music Month Audio

Morgan Foundation economist Geoff Simmons discusses inflation. Audio